Improvement in brushes



Tn JESSOIN &. T. DUGGAN.

BRUSHES.

No. 195,616. ?atented Se pt.11 ,1877

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

I FFICE.

THOMAS JESSON, OF GALWAY, AND THOMAS DUGGAN, OF GLASNEVIN, IRELAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN BRUSHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. H95J9l6, datedSeptember 11, 1877; application filed April 23, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS JEssoN, of Galway, county of Galway, andTHOMAS DUGGAN, of Glasnevin, county of Dublin, in Ireland, have inventeda new and Improved Brush, of which the following is a specification:

Our invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of brooms andbrushes, so that the same may be made in a cheaper, stronger, and moredurable manner.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawing,and then pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a front elevation ofour improved brush; Fig. 2, a vertical transverse section of the same;and Fig. 3, a top view of the brush material, shown ready to be boundand forced into the head or stock.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawing, A represents the head or stock of our improved brush orbroom, which may be of concave shape, in the form of a socket-cap, or inthe nature of a band, into the end of which the butt-end of the handleis secured in a suitable manner.

The head or brush-stock A may be made of galvanized, tinned, bronzed, orlacquered iron, or of other suitable material.

The material B of which the brush is formed, whether bristles, hair, orfiber, is placed transversely across the lower end of the brush head orstock, either in layers suitably divided by cloth, felt, or otherfabric, or solid, as may be required. Across the center of the materialis arranged a binding wire or rod, 0, of about double the length of thewidth of the brush to be made, the free ends of which are turned overand under the sides of the material, which is then forced with the wire,by a suitable apparatus, into the head, so that the material is doubledup, and the free ends of the iron wire or rod doubled over underneaththe material, so as to grasp the same tightly, and rest, finally,tightly against the back of the stock, or against the butt-end of thehandle.

In brushes in which bands or open heads are used the material is drivenin only to a certain depth, so that the necessary space for the handleis preserved.

Apertures or holes are arranged in the sides of the brush head or bandA, for the passage of transverse pins or rivets a, when necessary tofurther secure the material, as in the case of heavy brushes.

The free ends of the binding-wire may also be forced into eyes or booksof the inside of the stock, so as to hold them fast therein when drivenin with the embraced layer of material.

For strong brooms and brushes, as required for street-sweeping andmachine work, the binding-wire is made with several hoops or eyes,through which pins or screws are passed, that are forced through thelayer of material when the same is driven into the stock, andsubsequently caught through a slot at the bottom or back of the stock,and made fast by nuts or rivets, as may be deemed most suitable.

For the lighter kinds of brooms and brushes, these additional fasteningsmay be altogether dispensed with, and the material in the stock securedby simply pressing the sides of the stock together in. an ordinary viseor clamp, so as to powerfully compress the material in an efiectual andpermanent manner.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- The combination, with doubled brush materialB, of the band A, rivets a, and wire 0, arranged and applied as and forthe purpose specified.

THOMAS JESSON. THOMAS DUGGAN. Witnesses:

R. N. STEPHENS,

Notary Public, Galwa/y. PATK. LYNoKEY,

Writing Clerk, Gcl'wa/y.

